Nyctelius nyctelius
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Nyctelius |
Species: | N. nyctelius
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Binomial name | |
Nyctelius nyctelius (Latreille, 1824)
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Nyctelius nyctelius, known generally as the violet-banded skipper or nyctelius skipper, is a species of grass skipper in the butterfly family Hesperiidae. It is found in Central America, North America, and South America.[1][2][3]
The MONA or Hodges number for Nyctelius nyctelius is 4123.[4]
Subspecies
[edit]These two subspecies belong to the species Nyctelius nyctelius:
- Nyctelius nyctelius agari Dillon, 1948
- Nyctelius nyctelius nyctelius (Latreille, 1824)
References
[edit]- ^ "Nyctelius nyctelius Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Nyctelius nyctelius". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Nyctelius nyctelius species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "North American Moth Photographers Group, Nyctelius nyctelius". Retrieved 2019-09-23.
Further reading
[edit]- Pohl, Greg; Patterson, Bob; Pelham, Jonathan (2016). Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico (Report). doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287.
External links
[edit]- Media related to Nyctelius nyctelius at Wikimedia Commons